Alternative scriptwriting : contemporary storytelling for the screen.: contemporary storytelling for the screen. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Dancyger, Ken; Rush, Jeff; Keyt, Jessie, 1973-
• Other Names: Dancyger, Ken
• Contents: Table of Contents Acknowledgments for the Sixth Edition Foreword INTRODUCTION Beyond the Rules STRUCTURE Structure Critique of Restorative Three-Act Form Counter-Structure The Three-Act Spectrum Strategies for Plot and Character: Surprise, Triangulation, and Subtext Multiple Threaded, Long-Form Episodic Scripts GENRE Why Genre? Working with Genre Working with Genre II: The Melodrama and the Thriller Working with Genre III: Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges Working Against Genre The Flexibility of Genre Genres of Voice The Nonlinear Film The Fable, a Case Study of Darkness: The Wizard of Oz and Pan’s Labyrinth CHARACTER Reframing the Active/Passive Character Distinction Stretching the Limits of Character Identification Main and Secondary Characters Subtext, Action, and Character Exceptional but Opaque Characters in Flattened Scripts FORM, TONE, AND THEORY The Subtleties and Implications of Screenplay Form Theatricality on Screen Tone: The Inescapability of Irony Dramatic Voice/Narrative Voice Writing the Narrative Voice Regionalism vs Commercialism: Kelly Reichardt, Eugene Martin, and Kathryn Bigelow Adaptations from Literature Rewriting CONCLUSION Personal Scriptwriting: The Edge Personal Scriptwriting: The Short Film Index
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808.23; Motion picture authorship; Motion picture plays -- Technique; Creative writing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000804126; 9781000804065
• Related ISBNs: 9781032150550; 9781032150567
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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